Jennifer Sey

I turned down $1 million severance in exchange for my voice. //

The red tag on the back pocket of the jeans I handed over to the Russian girls used to be shorthand for what was good and right about this country, and when I think about my trip to Moscow, so many decades ago, I still get a little choked up.

But the corporation doesn’t believe in that now. It’s trapped trying to please the mob—and silencing any dissent within the organization. In this it is like so many other American companies: held hostage by intolerant ideologues who do not believe in genuine inclusion or diversity. //

I’ll always wear my old 501s. But today I’m trading in my job at Levi’s. In return, I get to keep my voice.